What Is Serotonin? General Information

what is serotonin

Serotonin (5-Hydroxytryptamine) is one of the physiologically active biogenic amines in organism of animals and humans. Despite the widespread distribution of this biocatalyst in nature, its content is usually so small that until recently was not aware of any natural source from which you can get it in any significant quantities. For the first time natural serotonin was obtained in 1959 from the bark of sea buckthorn.
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